Artist
Wai Lun Hsu
Concept
Wai Lun Hsu, Lai Ping So
Layout & Typography
Lai Ping So
Printing
Das Druckhaus Beineke Dickmanns GmbH, Düsseldorf
PPP Pre Print Partner GmbH & CO. KG, Köln
Binding & Production
mmmmor studio
Publisher
mmmmor studio, Düsseldorf
Special Thanks
Lillian Liu Hiu Ying, Hannes Norberg, Thyra Schmidt
Buchbinderei Mergemeier
ISBN 978-3-00-061657-0
Edition of 50
Wai Lun Hsu
Concept
Wai Lun Hsu, Lai Ping So
Layout & Typography
Lai Ping So
Printing
Das Druckhaus Beineke Dickmanns GmbH, Düsseldorf
PPP Pre Print Partner GmbH & CO. KG, Köln
Binding & Production
mmmmor studio
Publisher
mmmmor studio, Düsseldorf
Special Thanks
Lillian Liu Hiu Ying, Hannes Norberg, Thyra Schmidt
Buchbinderei Mergemeier
ISBN 978-3-00-061657-0
Edition of 50
The Rise of Modern China
(TC) 中國近代史
(TC) 中國近代史
ISBN 978-3-00-061657-0
180 × 265mm, 200 pages, Edition of 50
First Edition, June 2018
220 × 310mm, 180+4 pages, Edition of 30
Second Edition, October 2023
180 × 265mm, 200 pages, Edition of 50
First Edition, June 2018
220 × 310mm, 180+4 pages, Edition of 30
Second Edition, October 2023
This title is derived from the scholarly historical publication, The Rise of Modern China, first published by Oxford University Press in the United States in 1970. Originally written in English, the book was translated into Traditional Chinese and published in Hong Kong in 2001. It was published in Simplified Chinese in China in 2008. In the Simplified Chinese edition, eleven chapters, or over 200 pages, are erased.
The Rise of Modern China (2018) now republishes the removed pages from the original edition. Most of the content on these pages was eliminated, leaving only year dates, in the system of the Gregorian calendar. This work not only addresses the (well-known) censorship regime of contemporary China, but is also an attempt to address historiography, and the way national histories are written.
In the First Edition, all of the 50 copies were hand-binded, with glue and blackened binding gauze. Intentionally, the book does not include any publishing information, neither on its cover, back-cover or spine. All the imageries on it are unidentified, except the year dates. The book was designed to become an incomplete book, like one fragment torn out from a book.
The book was printed in Germany, published in the Netherlands in 2018, and subsequently showcased in two exhibitions: An Imperfection Often Concealed – Graduation Show in Royal Academy of Art, KABK (The Hague/NL); On Your Own 2018 – Gallery Haagse Kunstkring (The Hague/NL).
本計劃衍生自一部歷史學術著作：The Rise of Modern China。其英文原版由牛津大學出版社於 1970 年在美國出版；後於 2001 年，在香港發行《中國近代史》正體中文翻譯版，再於 2008 年在中國發行同名簡體中文版。然而，在簡體中文版本中， 有十一個章節（超過二百頁之內容）被刪減。
The Rise of Modern China (2018) now republishes the removed pages from the original edition. Most of the content on these pages was eliminated, leaving only year dates, in the system of the Gregorian calendar. This work not only addresses the (well-known) censorship regime of contemporary China, but is also an attempt to address historiography, and the way national histories are written.
In the First Edition, all of the 50 copies were hand-binded, with glue and blackened binding gauze. Intentionally, the book does not include any publishing information, neither on its cover, back-cover or spine. All the imageries on it are unidentified, except the year dates. The book was designed to become an incomplete book, like one fragment torn out from a book.
The book was printed in Germany, published in the Netherlands in 2018, and subsequently showcased in two exhibitions: An Imperfection Often Concealed – Graduation Show in Royal Academy of Art, KABK (The Hague/NL); On Your Own 2018 – Gallery Haagse Kunstkring (The Hague/NL).
本計劃衍生自一部歷史學術著作：The Rise of Modern China。其英文原版由牛津大學出版社於 1970 年在美國出版；後於 2001 年，在香港發行《中國近代史》正體中文翻譯版，再於 2008 年在中國發行同名簡體中文版。然而，在簡體中文版本中， 有十一個章節（超過二百頁之內容）被刪減。
新版 The Rise of Modern China (2018) 抽選在簡體中文版中，被刪節內容之英文原版對應頁數，同時以蓄意塗污及覆蓋絕大部份內容、只清楚保留當中西元年份之方式，重新印刷出版。不只在於揭示（眾所周知的）當代中國審查制度的運作模式，並探討歷史編纂學及國族歷史（被）撰寫與形塑之過程。
初版50本全為人手釘裝，以黑紗布膠封書脊。在設計上，書的封面和封底特意去除所有出版資料，除年份數字之外，並無任何可辨識的文字或影像。用意在呈現一本不完整的書，彷彿一本書被強行撕掉了的一部分。
本書在2018年於德國印刷、荷蘭發表，並在同年展示於 Royal Academy of Art, KABK 的畢業展 An Imperfection Often Concealed（荷蘭海牙）；以及畫廊 Haagse Kunstkring 的 On Your Own 2018 展覽（荷蘭海牙）。
↑ full video of the project (First Edition, June 2018)
Artist Wai Lun Hsu
Concept Wai Lun Hsu, Lai Ping So
Layout & Typography Lai Ping So
Printing Das Druckhaus Beineke Dickmanns GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
Binding & Production mmmmor studio
Publisher mmmmor studio, Düsseldorf, Germany
Special Thanks Lillian Liu Hiu Ying
ISBN 978-3-00-061657-0
Edition of 50
Concept Wai Lun Hsu, Lai Ping So
Layout & Typography Lai Ping So
Printing Das Druckhaus Beineke Dickmanns GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany
Binding & Production mmmmor studio
Publisher mmmmor studio, Düsseldorf, Germany
Special Thanks Lillian Liu Hiu Ying
ISBN 978-3-00-061657-0
Edition of 50